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. >> nomination, department of defense, charles timothy hagel of nebraska, to be secretary of defense. >> mr. president, i sent a cloture motion to the desk and ask the clerk to report. this is the first time in the history of our country that a presidential nominee for secretary of defense has been filibustered. what a shame. >> the requirement of 60 votes for a cabinet appointee is almost unprecedented. only two cabinet appointments have ever been filibustered, according to the senate historian's office. verity in 1978 and dirk kempthorne. no appointment has ever been successfully filibustered, by the way. yesterday, senator jim inhofe, ranking member of the armed services committee, claimed republicans weren't filibust filibustering. really, they're not. >> this is not a filibuster. i keep getting stopped by people out in the hall, oh, you're going to filibuster, who's going to filibuster? it's not a filibuster. all they have to do is have a 60-vote margin. well, that's fine with me. if they have a 60-vote margin. >> republicans say the more reid, quote, rushes this vote, the easie
. >> nomination, department of defense, charles timothy hagel of nebraska, to be secretary of defense. >> mr. president, i sent a cloture motion to the desk and ask the clerk to report. this is the first time in the history of our country that a presidential nominee for secretary of defense has been filibustered. what a shame. >> the requirement of 60 votes for a cabinet appointee is almost unprecedented. only two cabinet appointments have ever been filibustered, according to...
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he's going to be a great defense secretary. >> let's remember that relations between republicans like mccain and graham really broke down over the benghazi attack, somethinged that nothing to do with chuck hagel, but tensions are running very high and could still cast a shadow doe over hagel if and when he's confirmed. >> we've had a massive cover-up on the part of -- >> but a massive cover up of what? susan rice said there was a lot of confusion. >> do you care, david? >> i'm asking you, do you care whether four americans died? >> i'm just asking you a cover-up of what? >> of the information concerning the deaths of four brave americans. th information has not been forthcoming. you can obviously believe that it has. i know that it hasn't. >> the administration's plans are forged by bipartisan immigration seemed to take a hit over the weekend thanks to a saturday evening scoop by the usa today. the paper printed details of the president's backup plan, which the white house had intended to unveil, just not this soon, or they were going to unveil had there not been a senator bipartisan
he's going to be a great defense secretary. >> let's remember that relations between republicans like mccain and graham really broke down over the benghazi attack, somethinged that nothing to do with chuck hagel, but tensions are running very high and could still cast a shadow doe over hagel if and when he's confirmed. >> we've had a massive cover-up on the part of -- >> but a massive cover up of what? susan rice said there was a lot of confusion. >> do you care, david?...
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the fact is hagel's going to be a weakened secretary of defense in all of this. is that damage temporary or permanent? yesterday also highlighted a growing problem with the gop, that they are dealing, and one many republicans outside of d.c. fret about. it's clear what the gop is against, but the question remains, what are they for? by the way, the hagel fight, that's also demonstrated the degree to which some republicans will not give up the benghazi fight. the white house provided more information about benghazi in a letter to senators, mccain, graham, and ayotte on thursday, but the questions are not likely to end here. >> one of the pieces of this puzzle that we haven't gotten, of course, is the talking points. that will be a subject that will be -- must be addressed for mr. brennan's confirmation. >> so we move from hagel to brennan now with the benghazi issue. in his google chat, the president was asked about transparency and unsolicited, brought benghazi up. >> there are a handful of issues, mostly around national security, where people have legitimate que
the fact is hagel's going to be a weakened secretary of defense in all of this. is that damage temporary or permanent? yesterday also highlighted a growing problem with the gop, that they are dealing, and one many republicans outside of d.c. fret about. it's clear what the gop is against, but the question remains, what are they for? by the way, the hagel fight, that's also demonstrated the degree to which some republicans will not give up the benghazi fight. the white house provided more...
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i think they'll follow quickly with an appropriation bill for the rest of the year in a defense that will supplant this. >> all right. does president obama and the senate democrats, senator brone, need to pass something? do they just continue to try to do public opinion? >> here we are at another cliff in washington, d.c. we have more in washington, d.c., than in the grand canyon. i think the democrats and the senate will pass a bill but they're not going to get 60 votes so it can't pass a full senate. republicans will offer an alternative and that's not going to pass. if that happens, i think you're looking at the fiscal cliff coming into effect and these cuts coming into effect. >> but i guess, what different ways should the president -- should he be calling everybody into the oval office? what should he be doing differently? >> it's too late now. march the 1st it's going to go into effect. the problem in the house and the nate is there's no real center anymore. there's a very small group of centers like we used to have in the house and senate. they're not there anymore, and you ca
i think they'll follow quickly with an appropriation bill for the rest of the year in a defense that will supplant this. >> all right. does president obama and the senate democrats, senator brone, need to pass something? do they just continue to try to do public opinion? >> here we are at another cliff in washington, d.c. we have more in washington, d.c., than in the grand canyon. i think the democrats and the senate will pass a bill but they're not going to get 60 votes so it can't...
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leon panetta's still secretary of defense until they decide whether or not to confirm chuck hagel. charleston, military town, very much supported by the military. this could be where it stings, but what penalty do republicans -- you're a republican member of congress, what penalty is there to bay? >> apparently some of the big budget cutters who are republicans have started to quietly approach some of the cabinet secretaries. can you exempt my little project, my road rebuilding project from what's about to happen. and i think that's actually the leverage that is most effective for the president. look, the town halls and the tour, it's going to be important in those particular markets to put pressure on particular members of congress but in a million other districts that are going to be people who are going to start to see projects go by the wayside and these folks got an eye on the calendar. 2014 is not that far away and they don't want to explain about the project. >> where are government projects good politics anymore? >> if half the sequestration cuts are to the defense budget,
leon panetta's still secretary of defense until they decide whether or not to confirm chuck hagel. charleston, military town, very much supported by the military. this could be where it stings, but what penalty do republicans -- you're a republican member of congress, what penalty is there to bay? >> apparently some of the big budget cutters who are republicans have started to quietly approach some of the cabinet secretaries. can you exempt my little project, my road rebuilding project...
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republican opposition wasn't enough to keep a senate panel from approving chuck hagel's nomination as defense secretary. but we saw some sharp accusations during the committee debate including suggestions that hagel is too cozy with iran. >> we saw with his nomination something truly extraordinary, which is the government of iran formally and publicly praising the nomination of a defense secretary. i would suggest to you that to my knowledge, that is unprecedented. >> i want to put on the record that this senator feels like that senator cruz has gone over the line. >> he's endorsed by them. you can't get any cozier than that. >> mr. chairman -- >> i've been endorsed by people i disagree with totally. i don't want people who hate me to ruin my career by endorsing me. >> senate majority leader harry reid says he'll try to force a floor vote as early as this week. some republicans say he'll try to delay hagel's confirmation until after next week's break. but they aren't expected to fully block it. one of hagel's former republican colleagues, indiana's dick lugar, said tuesday it's hagel's politi
republican opposition wasn't enough to keep a senate panel from approving chuck hagel's nomination as defense secretary. but we saw some sharp accusations during the committee debate including suggestions that hagel is too cozy with iran. >> we saw with his nomination something truly extraordinary, which is the government of iran formally and publicly praising the nomination of a defense secretary. i would suggest to you that to my knowledge, that is unprecedented. >> i want to put...